Jim Beam, ESPN launch web series
Jim Beam Bourbon announced a new venture with ESPN to launch “The Next Round – Served Up By Jim Beam,” a web series hosted...
Sirius XM rolling in cash
Having closed on its sale of $800 million in new 8.75% senior notes due 2015, Sirius XM is now enjoying the benefits of having...
Health care debate scores odd win for lead news story
Three out of five media made health care the top news story for the week of 3/8-14/10, according to the Project for Excellence in...
uTest finds 1,000 web, app bugs in NBC, CBS, Fox, ABC sites
uTest, the world's largest software testing marketplace, announced the results of its TV Networks Bug Battle competition. More than 500 uTesters from 30 countries...
Moody’s says rising auto sales should boost ad buying
Moody’s Investors Service has taken note of the relationship between automobile sales and the importance of the auto ad segment to traditional media outlets. In a new report, Moody’s says rising auto sales
FCC cross-ownership forum in the works
The next stop of the FCC Media Bureau’s Quadrennial Review Road Show will be Tampa FL, where the topic will be broadcast/newspaper cross-ownership. It...
QVC raising cash, lots of cash
QVC has successfully sold $1 billion in new bonds – double the half billion it had originally proposed to sell.The TV/Internet shopping company said...
Sirius XM gets Nasdaq compliance letter
Since Sirius XM did not get back to trading above the $1 minimum by March 15th, it has now received a letter from the...
Judge tosses class action suit against CBS
The City of Omaha, as lead plaintiff, had sought to hold CBS Corporation and its top executives liable for damages under alleged acts of...
Barack Obama hails release of National Broadband Plan
President Barack Obama has made no secret of his desire to expand broadband access, and his old friend Julius Genachowski was installed as Chairman...
On Demand Group, Disney to offer mobile VOD service in UK
On Demand Group and The Walt Disney Company UK have agreed a deal to provide subscribers with on-demand access to entire episodes of hit...
Newspaper agency says history repeats itself
And that means that newspaper advertising revenue is going to come back. US Newspapers says circulation isn’t down all that much, a reduced advertiser pool means better ROI for those that remain, and further, that former newspaper
Analyst: Ad pricing continues to firm
After listening to upbeat broadcasters in their quarterly conference calls, Wells Fargo Securities analyst Marci Ryvicker did some further checking into the
In Memory of Ron Lundy
Ron Lundy was not only loved by his loyal New York listeners, he was an enlightening and entertaining individual who had an affect on...
Anti-HCR ad flights spawn response ads
Attacks against battleground Democratic legislators have not gong unnoticed by organizations supporting congressional efforts to pass health care reform. They are prepared to dig...